Ironing-table



(No Model'.)

G. R. RICHARDSON.

IRONING TAB LE.-

Paten t e d Bel). 24, 1891.

2322672??? geofga imardsan/ UNITED STATES PATENT OFF CE.

GEORGE R. RICHARDSON, OF EARLVILLE, ILLINOIS.

lRONlNG-TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters latent No. 446,928, dated February 24, 1891.

Application filed November 3, 1889. Serial No. 329.657. (No model.)

it appertains to make and use the same, ref-.

erence being had to the accompanying drawlugs, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which vform a part of this specification.

My invention has referenceto improvements in ironing-tables; and it consists more especially in certain novel constructions and combinations by which, first, the table is made self-sustaining and very rigid; second, with a support at both ends it is adapted to have one end raised from the frame to facilitate the placing thereon and removal therefrom of circular garments, such as shirts,skirts, and dresses; third, that the board can be readily removed from its base, the latter folded into a small compass, and both of said parts hung on the Wall or otherwise disposed of, so as to occupy but a small amount of room, and, fourth, that the separation of the board from its base and the interfolding of the latter render it convenient and safe for shipment.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side perspective of my invention slightly in oblique, showing in dotted lines the position of the board when raised for the placing or removal of garments. Fig. 2 is a plan of the base folded. Fig. 3 is a detail showing the crossstrip B with its journals B, and Fig. 4 is a detail of the upper end of one of the standards F.

A is the board, Which has the usual tapered end, and is provided at such end with the circular hole A. On the under side of the board A,!near its opposite end, is attached the transverse strip 13, having at each end the journals B.

O O are the base-plates, placedtransversely of the board and provided. on their lower surface at, their respective ends, with downwardly-projecting feetO. The provision of the feet 0 insures a foundation for the superstructure equal in width to the length of the plates 0 regardless of any unevenness of the floor.

D D are standards which support the tapered end of the board A. These standards are rigidly attached to the adjacent baseplate 0, and are braced by the diagonal braces D. The board-support E is rigidly attached to the upper ends of the standards D, connecting the upper ends of the latter, and forms a support for theadjacent end of the boardA. A short vertical pin E is rigidly inserted centrallyin the upper edge of the support E and adapted to snugly [it the hole A in the board A, but not to extend above the upper surface of the latter.

F F are the standards at the opposite end, and are rigidly attached at their lower ends to the adjacent base C, and are likewise interbraced by two diagonal braces F and one cross-brace F The upper ends of the standards F are provided, respectively, with the transverse slot 1, which is of a width slightly less than the diameter of the journals'B of the strip B, underlying the adjacent end of the board A. A vertical saw-kerf 2 eittends a sufficient distance from the base of the slots 1, downwardly into the end of the standard F to afford a slight elasticity or spring to the walls of the slot 1. A slight concavity 3 is provided in the walls of the slot 1 in position to grasp the journal B when forced to the bottom of said slots. The journals B can .be readily forced into and out of the slot 1 by the elasticityof the walls of said slot afforded by the kerf 2, and the transverse diameter of said slot, including the width of the concavities 3,being slightly less than the diameter of the journals B, the latterare held in said concavities with a firm pressure'by the spring of the walls-of said slot. This forms a rigid seat for said journals when the opposite end of said board is in engagement with the pin E, and when the tapered end of the board is raised or lowered said journals and their seat afford a pivotal joint for said board and permit it to move in a vertical plane.

G G are longitudinal braces pivotally attached, respectively, to the standards D near the lower ends of the latter, and attached at their opposite ends, respectively, to the standards F a short distance above the lower ends of the latter, thereby extending in a slightly diagonztl direction from one pairol' said standards to the other.

II is a bifurcated brace placed within the braces G, and pivotally attached at its bifurcated ends II to the standards B, a short dis tance below the middle of the latter, and pivotally attached at its integral end to a short stud J, rigidly seated centrally upon and projecting slightly upward from the adjacent cross-brace (1. All of the pivotal connections referred to are in a vertical plane to permitthe interl'olding' of the base, as shown in Fig. 2. The pivotal points of the braces G and It should be the same distance apart at each end to permit the inward foldingof the standards D and I (shown in 2,) in which the braces G should project as far beyond the brace H at one end as the brace 11 does beyond the braces G at the other end. 7

K is the gauncut-supporting rack attached to the under side of the board A, near one edge of the latter, folding like parallel rules and consisting of a longitudinal strip t and transverse arms 5, the latter being pivoted in a lnn'izontal plane at their outer ends to the strip 4- and at their inner ends to the under surface of the board A. When not in use the rack K can be folded under the board A.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, 1s

1. The combination of the detachable board A, provided with journals 13', standards F, provided with slots 1 and saw-kerl' 2, standards D, and cross-braces G- and II, substantially as shown, and for the purpose descrilwd.

2. The combination of the board A, provided with journals B and a hole A, standards F, provided with slot 1 and kerf 2, standards I), cross-braces G and H, and board-support E, provided with pin E, substantially as shown, and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE R. RICHARDSON.

Witnesses:

WM. T. Ronnn'rsox, KATE I. ROBER'ISON. 

